Jammu, Aug 8 : After reviewing the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Rising Star Corps Lieutenant General Vinay Sharma today issued a warning against violent protests in the state over the Amarnath land row.

Meanwhile, curfew has been imposed in Poonch, and the army staged a flag march here as a precautionary measure.

According to sources, curfew has been imposed in Poonch town following some incidents of violence and stone pelting there on Thursday. It is a precautionary measure to prevent any untoward incident.

New Delhi, Aug 6 : India today said that the reported resolution on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan senate amounts to gross interference in our internal affairs.

Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday issued a statement, which says that reported resolution on the situation in J-K in Pakistan senate amounts to gross interference in our internal affairs. The Senate should attend to issues where it has a locus standi.

Leading Pakistani newspaper the Daily Times reports that Pakistani Senate on

Srinagar, Kashmir  - Police in India-administered Kashmir Thursday defused a large bomb planted on a road in a high-security area in the state capital Srinagar, officials said.

The bomb was placed in a garbage bin near the road to the airport in the Hyderpora area which is used by civilians, senior officials and the military.

"It was a powerful bomb weighing 80 kilograms which was programmed to be detonated by a cellular phone," a local police spokesman said.

New Delhi, Aug 7 : “The decision to divert the land Amarnath Yatra was not my own,” said former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Lt Gen S K Sinha, in an interview to a private television channel.

When asked about his role on the Amarnath land transfer controversy, Lt. Gen. Sinha said: "There is a tremendous amount of misinformation. People do not know facts and have been making totally false allegations. I did not take the decision to divert land for Amarnath Yatra. The decision was taken by the State Government."

Lt. Gen. Sinha blamed the People''s Democratic Party for the ongoing situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu, Aug 7 : Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra last night appointed a four-member committee for holding talks with the Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti 
(SASS) to find a solution for the ongoing Amarnath land transfer row.

The committee comprising former state chief secretary SS Bloeria, Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University Amitabh Mattoo, retired Judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice GD Sharma, and Chief Executive Officer of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) BB Vyas will make a fresh appeal to the agitating group to end the stalemate.

Earlier, the Sangarsh Samiti had refused the proposal of Vohra to hold direct talks with the shrine board.

Srinagar, Aug 7 : Security forces this morning recovered a powerful improvised explosive device (IED), weighing 80 kg, on the airport road in Haidarpura during a search operation in Srinagar.